So I want to tighten up the gap on my mill. The mill works great, but it's already at its tightest setting, and I think there's more extract to be had, as the setting is pretty conservative. My mill adjusts by means of eccentric bushings for the idler roller.
Several ideas have occurred to me - any one would improve my mill:
-- Make new end plates for my mill, with the holes the roller axles turn in a touch closer together. I assume this would mean new oil-impregnated bronze bushings would be needed as well.
-- Make a new idler roller with a slightly larger diameter.
-- Make new eccentric bushings with a higher degree of eccentricity - that it, the thin bit would be thinner and the thick bit thicker.
Is there anyone here who can help me decide on and implement a solution? If you're in Southern California, that would be excellent, but the mill head can obviously be shipped anywhere. Obviously, if it's just cheaper to buy a new mill, I might as well do that, so budget is a concern although not an overriding one.
Several ideas have occurred to me - any one would improve my mill:
-- Make new end plates for my mill, with the holes the roller axles turn in a touch closer together. I assume this would mean new oil-impregnated bronze bushings would be needed as well.
-- Make a new idler roller with a slightly larger diameter.
-- Make new eccentric bushings with a higher degree of eccentricity - that it, the thin bit would be thinner and the thick bit thicker.
Is there anyone here who can help me decide on and implement a solution? If you're in Southern California, that would be excellent, but the mill head can obviously be shipped anywhere. Obviously, if it's just cheaper to buy a new mill, I might as well do that, so budget is a concern although not an overriding one.